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Lodge2004 wrote:... the pro- organizations have a decent amount of traffic.

That's an understatement. How many forums are there for firearms (all kinds of interests), self-defense, and hunting? And they all have hundreds or thousands of messages a day. The Million Mom March can't bring out as many participants as a single gun show.

- Jim

wrt45 wrote:Our constitution does not spell out a two party system.

I agree, but we're stuck with the system that we have. Parties get candidates elected, therefore candidates run on party tickets.

"Third" parties force the Democrats and Republicans to accommodate people who are devoted to certain issues. If 2% vote Libertarian, and the Republicans lose because of it, the Republicans have to do something to win that 2% back. Ditto the Greens and Democrats.

- Jim

BrassMonkey wrote:"Majority Rules" is "supposed" to be how this country is governed.

Um, sorry, no it isn't. The majority is not allowed override the Constitution itself or the rights of a minority.

Some countries are run that way. You probably don't want to live in one.

Please search The Federalist and let me know when you find "majority rules." (Clicking this link downloads a big chunk of text if you're on dial-up.)

James Madison wrote:By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.

- Jim

BrassMonkey wrote:I wonder what the percentages of nuts and anti's is? Anyone have any idea?

Since we are "supposed" to be a nation of majority rules,

The number of fanatical antis is microscopic. I don't know how many people contribute to groups that are primarily anti-RKBA, but it's not as much as NRA membership (approximately 4 million) or the total number of firearms owners (around 150 million).

The real problem is a small number of legislators who are in senior positions and will never lose an election because they are anti-RKBA.

Underlying that is the large number of voters who do not care about 2nd-Amendment issues or have a vague feeling that "something must be done" about violent crime.

"Majority rules" is a bad idea and not the law of the land.

- Jim

Phydeaux88 wrote:... on going debate I am having with an antigun fanatic.

Have fun, but it's hopeless.

- Jim

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